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I am looking to build a NAS for my home. I will be using primarily to store Pictures, Songs and high-def videos (avc, mkv), etc. I have close to 3tb of above stuff in various drives that I want to store in a central location.

Here are my requirements:
Budget: $600-$700
Drives: 4 to 6 bays
Tower Size: As compact as possible
Motherboard: No preference
Processor: Fastest and best I can find (core 2 duo, celeron M, etc)
Memory: atleast 4gb
Raid: Software only
SATA: atleast 6 internal and atleast 1 external


I do have experience in building PC's. Initially I was going to get Thecus 7700. With drives and all it will be over $1000. If I could build something similar around 700...that will be great. I will be using freenas.

I really appreciate all your input.

Thanks
Kevin
 
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Rosewill FE-M020-BU Black / Blue SECC Steel MicroATX Mid Tower Computer Case

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST380815AS 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5

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SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5

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MSI 785GM-E51 AM3 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

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Antec EarthWatts Green EA-430D Green 430W Continuous power ATX12V v2.3 / EPS 12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply

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OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G10664GK

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AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX240OCGQBOX

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All parts from newegg.com. Total after tax & shipping will be a tad over $700. If you must fit your budget, swap the mobo out for:

ASUS M4A78LT-M LE AM3 AMD 780L Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
DDR3 up to 1800, Express Gate, Hybrid CrossFireX
$64.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131619

The big differences betwen the ASUS & the MSI is ASUS has 2 ram slots and MSI has 4. More slots = better & cheaper upgradability. i.e. 2 2x2GB kits is cheaper than a 4x2GB kit. Also, MSI has HDMI out if that matters. (to me, yes) Both mobos have 6 SATA connectors.

Why AMD? Cuz if you go with C2D, C2Q, Pentium Dual or Celeron Dual, you're building on outdated technology that's LGA 775 & DDR2. There may be a few DDR3 boards for those cpus, but the price is over $100. AM3 is here to stay. You can upgrade the AM3 cpu to anything.

Optical drives aren't necessary. Download embedded & write it to USB on another pc, and boot it up on the assembled server. You need to set up boot order in bios.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/freenas/files/
http://homeserver.wikidot.com/live-usb
 
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p55ibexpeak thank you so much...

Here are my thoughts...please comment

1) can I go with..AMD Athlon II X2 250 Regor 3.0GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX250OCGQBOX

2) MSI mobo has only 5 SATA...(its ok )

3) Why do I need 80GB HD ....If I can run freenas OS from a USB thumb drive

4) I want to go with 3 x 1.5TB hard drives for now (looks like 2TB HD are still expensive)...

I don't want to skimp on better/best parts even if it adds another $200 to the budget...
 
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Thank you for saving me the time. It's more or less what I would have recommended to the OP.

However I do want to point some things out:
1. Why the 80GB drive?

2. You will need extra SATA cables.

3. 4GB is probably overkill for a NAS.

1) can I go with..AMD Athlon II X2 250 Regor 3.0GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX250OCGQBOX

2) MSI mobo has only 5 SATA...(its ok )

3) Why do I need 80GB HD ....If I can run freenas OS from a USB thumb drive

4) I want to go with 3 x 1.5TB hard drives for now (looks like 2TB HD are still expensive)...

I don't want to skimp on better/best parts even if it adds another $200 to the budget...
Click to expand...
1. Yes, you can, but why?

2. You can always use a adon card

3. Exactly what I asked

4. Go with 3x 1TB Samsung F3s then. F3s are some of the fastest HDDs out right now.
 
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1) can I go with..AMD Athlon II X2 250 Regor 3.0GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX250OCGQBOX

Yep, anything even a Phenom II X4 Black, it's up to you. I prefer energy-efficient 45W cpus.

2) MSI mobo has only 5 SATA...(its ok )

My bad. I thought it was 6. If you need 6, go with the ASUS mobo.

3) Why do I need 80GB HD ....If I can run freenas OS from a USB thumb drive

I thought it was going to be a Ubuntu server. You can drop that one.

4) I want to go with 3 x 1.5TB hard drives for now (looks like 2TB HD are still expensive)...

Sure. Best do a RAID 5. The 1.5TB prices have dropped quite a bit to where 1TB is in terms of gigabyte per dollar.
 
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